Optical signal noise reduction circuit, optical signal noise reduction method and display panel

ABSTRACT

An optical signal noise reduction circuit, an optical signal noise reduction method and a display panel are provided in the present disclosure. The optical signal noise reduction circuit includes a reference line, a comparison detection circuitry and a photoelectric signal read line. An electric signal on the photoelectric signal read line includes a noise electric signal and a photoelectric signal. The reference line is configured to sense the noise electric signal on the photoelectric signal read line, to generate a corresponding second electric signal. The comparison detection circuitry is connected to the reference line and the photoelectric signal read line, and configured to acquire the photoelectric signal in accordance with the electric signal on the photoelectric signal read line and the electric signal on the reference line.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

The present application is the U.S. national phase of PCT ApplicationNo. PCT/CN2019/076015 filed on Feb. 25, 2019, which claims a priority ofthe Chinese Patent Application No. 201810550467.1 filed in China on May31, 2018, which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of optical signal noisereduction, in particular to an optical signal noise reduction circuit,an optical signal noise reduction method and a display panel.

BACKGROUND

In the related art, usually a compensation mode for a large-size OrganicLight-Emitting Diode (OLED) is an external electrical compensation mode.In this mode, it is merely able to compensate for a display abnormalitycaused by a change in a characteristic of Thin Film Transistor (TFT),rather than a display abnormality caused by the aging of alight-emitting material. During the optical detection, it is necessaryto provide an interference-free environment. During the display, changesin a gate driving signal on a gate line and a data voltage across a dataline lead to a remarkably large display noise, and a small opticalsignal is submerged in the noise, so the display and the opticaldetection cannot be performed simultaneously. In addition, due to therequirement on high resolution, it is more and more difficult to provideadditional time for the optical detection. There is no such a noisecancellation scheme of performing the optical detection and the displaysimultaneously in the related art.

SUMMARY

A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an optical signalnoise reduction circuit, an optical signal noise reduction method and adisplay panel.

In one aspect, the present disclosure provides an optical signal noisereduction circuit, including a reference line, a comparison detectioncircuitry and a photoelectric signal read line. A first electric signalon the photoelectric signal read line includes a noise electric signaland a photoelectric signal. The reference line is configured to sensethe noise electric signal on the photoelectric signal read line, so asto generate a corresponding second electric signal on the referenceline. The comparison detection circuitry is connected to the referenceline and the photoelectric signal read line, and configured to acquirethe photoelectric signal in accordance with the first electric signal onthe photoelectric signal read line and the second electric signal on thereference line.

In an implementation, the reference line and the photoelectric signalread line are arranged at a display region of a display panel, anextension direction of the reference line is same as an extensiondirection of the photoelectric signal read line, and a distance betweenthe reference line and the photoelectric signal read line is smallerthan a predetermined distance.

In an implementation, the predetermined distance is smaller than 5 μm.

In an implementation, the comparison detection circuitry includes anenergy storage circuitry, an input control circuitry, a reset controlcircuitry, a discharging control circuitry and a voltage detectioncircuitry. The input control circuitry is connected to a first controlline, the reference line, the photoelectric signal read line, a firstend of the energy storage circuitry and a second end of the energystorage circuitry, and configured to, under the control of the firstcontrol line, control the reference line to be electrically connectedto, or electrically disconnected from, the first end of the energystorage circuitry, and control the photoelectric signal read line to beelectrically connected to, or electrically disconnected from, the secondend of the energy storage circuitry. The reset control circuitry isconnected to a second control line, the first end of the energy storagecircuitry and a first voltage end, and configured to, under the controlof the second control line, control the first end of the energy storagecircuitry to be electrically connected to, or electrically disconnectedfrom, the first voltage end. The discharging control circuitry isconnected to a third control line, the second end of the energy storagecircuitry and a second voltage end, and configured to, under the controlof the third control line, control the second end of the energy storagecircuitry to be electrically connected to, or electrically disconnectedfrom, the second voltage end. The voltage detection circuitry isconnected to the second end of the energy storage circuitry, andconfigured to detect a voltage applied to the second end of the energystorage circuitry and acquire the photoelectric signal in accordancewith the voltage applied to the second end of the energy storagecircuitry.

In an implementation, the energy storage circuitry includes a storagecapacitor. The input control circuitry includes a first transistor and asecond transistor. A gate electrode of the first transistor is connectedto the first control line, a first electrode of the first transistor isconnected to the reference line, and a second electrode of the firsttransistor is connected to a first end of the storage capacitor. A gateelectrode of the second transistor is connected to the first controlline, a first electrode of the second transistor is connected to thephotoelectric signal read line, and a second electrode of the secondtransistor is connected to a second end of the storage capacitor.

In an implementation, the photoelectric signal read line is arranged atthe display region of the display panel, the reference line is arrangedin such a manner as to surround a peripheral region of the displayregion, and the optical signal noise reduction circuit further includesa noise simulation circuitry, a light-shielding member, a virtualscanning line and a reference control line arranged at the peripheralregion. The noise simulation circuitry includes a virtual pixelsub-circuitry and a virtual optical detection sub-circuitry. A datawrite-in end of the virtual pixel sub-circuitry is connected to acorresponding data line, and a scanning control end of the virtual pixelsub-circuitry is connected to the virtual scanning line. The virtualoptical detection sub-circuitry includes a virtual switching controlsub-circuitry and a virtual photoelectric detection sub-circuitry. Thelight-shielding member is configured to prevent the virtualphotoelectric detection sub-circuitry from receiving the optical signal.A control end of the virtual switching control sub-circuitry isconnected to the reference control line, a first end of the virtualswitching control sub-circuitry is connected to an output end of thevirtual photoelectric detection sub-circuitry, and a second end of thevirtual switching control sub-circuitry is connected to the referenceline.

In an implementation, a gate driving signal on a gate line is used toapply a virtual scanning signal to the virtual scanning line.

In an implementation, the comparison detection circuitry includes anenergy storage circuitry, an input control circuitry, a reset controlcircuitry, a discharging control circuitry and a voltage detectioncircuitry. The reference line is connected to a first end of the energystorage circuitry. The input control circuitry is connected to a firstcontrol line, the photoelectric signal read line and a second end of theenergy storage circuitry, and configured to, under the control of thefirst control line, control the photoelectric signal read line to beelectrically connected to, or electrically disconnected from, the secondend of the energy storage circuitry. The reset control circuitry isconnected to a second control line, the first end of the energy storagecircuitry and a first voltage end, and configured to, under the controlof the second control line, control the first end of the energy storagecircuitry to be electrically connected to, or electrically disconnectedfrom, the first voltage end. The discharging control circuitry isconnected to a third control line, the second end of the energy storagecircuitry and a second voltage end, and configured to, under the controlof the third control line, control the second end of the energy storagecircuitry to be electrically connected to, or electrically disconnectedfrom, the second voltage end. The voltage detection circuitry isconnected to the second end of the energy storage circuitry, andconfigured to detect a voltage applied to the second end of the energystorage circuitry and acquire the photoelectric signal in accordancewith the voltage applied to the second end of the energy storagecircuitry.

In an implementation, the energy storage circuitry includes a storagecapacitor, a first end of which is connected to the reference line. Theinput control circuitry includes a third transistor, a gate electrode ofwhich is connected to the first control line, a first electrode of whichis connected to the photoelectric signal read line, and a secondelectrode of which is connected to a second end of the storagecapacitor.

In an implementation, the reset control circuitry includes a resetcontrol transistor, a gate electrode of which is connected to the secondcontrol line, a first electrode of which is connected to the first endof the storage capacitor, and a second electrode of which is connectedto the first voltage end. The discharging control circuitry includes adischarging control transistor, a gate electrode of which is connectedto the third control line, a first electrode of which is connected tothe second end of the storage capacitor, and a second electrode of whichis connected to the second voltage end.

In an implementation, the voltage detection circuitry includes a sourcefollower transistor, a current source and a voltage detectionsub-circuitry. A gate electrode of the source follower transistor isconnected to the second end of the storage capacitor, a first electrodeof the source follower transistor is connected to a third voltage end,and a second electrode of the source follower transistor is connected toan output node. A first end of the current source is connected to theoutput node, and a second end of the current source is connected to afourth voltage end. The current source is configured to supply a biascurrent flowing from the output node to the fourth voltage end. Thevoltage detection sub-circuitry is connected to the output node, andconfigured to detect a potential at the output node and acquire thephotoelectric signal in accordance with the potential at the outputnode.

In an implementation, the virtual pixel sub-circuitry includes a virtualdata write-in sub-circuitry, a virtual driving sub-circuitry and avirtual light-emitting element. A control end of the virtual datawrite-in sub-circuitry is the scanning control end of the virtual pixelsub-circuitry, a first end of the virtual data write-in sub-circuitry isthe data write-in end of the virtual pixel sub-circuitry, and a secondend of the virtual data write-in sub-circuitry is a control end of thevirtual driving sub-circuitry. The virtual data write-in sub-circuitryis configured to, under the control of the virtual scanning line,control the corresponding data line to be electrically connected to, orelectrically disconnected from, the control end of the virtual drivingsub-circuitry. A first end of the virtual driving sub-circuitry isconnected to a high voltage end, a second end of the virtual drivingsub-circuitry is connected to a first electrode of the virtuallight-emitting element, and a second electrode of the virtuallight-emitting element is connected to a low voltage end.

In an implementation, the comparison detection circuitry includes anenergy storage circuitry, an input control circuitry, a reset controlcircuitry, a discharging control circuitry and a voltage detectioncircuitry. The input control circuitry is directly connected to a firstcontrol line, the reference line, the photoelectric signal read line, afirst end of the energy storage circuitry and a second end of the energystorage circuitry, and configured to, under the control of the firstcontrol line, control the reference line to be electrically connectedto, or electrically disconnected from, the first end of the energystorage circuitry, and control the photoelectric signal read line to beelectrically connected to, or electrically disconnected from, the secondend of the energy storage circuitry. The reset control circuitry isdirectly connected to a second control line, the first end of the energystorage circuitry and a first voltage end, and configured to, under thecontrol of the second control line, control the first end of the energystorage circuitry to be electrically connected to, or electricallydisconnected from, the first voltage end. The discharging controlcircuitry is directly connected to a third control line, the second endof the energy storage circuitry and a second voltage end, and configuredto, under the control of the third control line, control the second endof the energy storage circuitry to be electrically connected to, orelectrically disconnected from, the second voltage end. The voltagedetection circuitry is directly connected to the second end of theenergy storage circuitry, and configured to detect a voltage applied tothe second end of the energy storage circuitry and acquire thephotoelectric signal in accordance with the voltage applied to thesecond end of the energy storage circuitry.

In an implementation, the energy storage circuitry includes a storagecapacitor. The input control circuitry includes a first transistor and asecond transistor. A gate electrode of the first transistor is directlyconnected to the first control line, a first electrode of the firsttransistor is directly connected to the reference line, and a secondelectrode of the first transistor is directly connected to a first endof the storage capacitor. A gate electrode of the second transistor isdirectly connected to the first control line, a first electrode of thesecond transistor is directly connected to the photoelectric signal readline, and a second electrode of the second transistor is directlyconnected to a second end of the storage capacitor.

In an implementation, the photoelectric signal read line is arranged atthe display region of the display panel, the reference line is arrangedin such a manner as to surround a peripheral region of the displayregion, and the optical signal noise reduction circuit further includesa noise simulation circuitry, a light-shielding member, a virtualscanning line and a reference control line arranged at the peripheralregion. The noise simulation circuitry includes a virtual pixelsub-circuitry and a virtual optical detection sub-circuitry. A datawrite-in end of the virtual pixel sub-circuitry is directly connected toa corresponding data line, and a scanning control end of the virtualpixel sub-circuitry is directly connected to the virtual scanning line.The virtual optical detection sub-circuitry includes a virtual switchingcontrol sub-circuitry and a virtual photoelectric detectionsub-circuitry. The light-shielding member is configured to prevent thevirtual photoelectric detection sub-circuitry from receiving the opticalsignal. A control end of the virtual switching control sub-circuitry isdirectly connected to the reference control line, a first end of thevirtual switching control sub-circuitry is directly connected to anoutput end of the virtual photoelectric detection sub-circuitry, and asecond end of the virtual switching control sub-circuitry is directlyconnected to the reference line.

In an implementation, the comparison detection circuitry includes anenergy storage circuitry, an input control circuitry, a reset controlcircuitry, a discharging control circuitry and a voltage detectioncircuitry. The reference line is directly connected to a first end ofthe energy storage circuitry. The input control circuitry is directlyconnected to a first control line, the photoelectric signal read lineand a second end of the energy storage circuitry, and configured to,under the control of the first control line, control the photoelectricsignal read line to be electrically connected to, or electricallydisconnected from, the second end of the energy storage circuitry. Thereset control circuitry is directly connected to a second control line,the first end of the energy storage circuitry and a first voltage end,and configured to, under the control of the second control line, controlthe first end of the energy storage circuitry to be electricallyconnected to, or electrically disconnected from, the first voltage end.The discharging control circuitry is directly connected to a thirdcontrol line, the second end of the energy storage circuitry and asecond voltage end, and configured to, under the control of the thirdcontrol line, control the second end of the energy storage circuitry tobe electrically connected to, or electrically disconnected from, thesecond voltage end. The voltage detection circuitry is directlyconnected to the second end of the energy storage circuitry, andconfigured to detect a voltage applied to the second end of the energystorage circuitry and acquire the photoelectric signal in accordancewith the voltage applied to the second end of the energy storagecircuitry.

In an implementation, the energy storage circuitry includes a storagecapacitor, a first end of which is directly connected to the referenceline. The input control circuitry includes a third transistor, a gateelectrode of which is directly connected to the first control line, afirst electrode of which is directly connected to the photoelectricsignal read line, and a second electrode of which is directly connectedto a second end of the storage capacitor.

In an implementation, the reset control circuitry includes a resetcontrol transistor, a gate electrode of which is directly connected tothe second control line, a first electrode of which is directlyconnected to the first end of the storage capacitor, and a secondelectrode of which is directly connected to the first voltage end. Thedischarging control circuitry includes a discharging control transistor,a gate electrode of which is directly connected to the third controlline, a first electrode of which is directly connected to the second endof the storage capacitor, and a second electrode of which is directlyconnected to the second voltage end.

In an implementation, the voltage detection circuitry includes a sourcefollower transistor, a current source and a voltage detectionsub-circuitry. A gate electrode of the source follower transistor isdirectly connected to the second end of the storage capacitor, a firstelectrode of the source follower transistor is directly connected to athird voltage end, and a second electrode of the source followertransistor is directly connected to an output node. A first end of thecurrent source is directly connected to the output node, and a secondend of the current source is directly connected to a fourth voltage end.The current source is configured to supply a bias current flowing fromthe output node to the fourth voltage end. The voltage detectionsub-circuitry is directly connected to the output node, and configuredto detect a potential at the output node and acquire the photoelectricsignal in accordance with the potential at the output node.

In an implementation, the virtual pixel sub-circuitry includes a virtualdata write-in sub-circuitry, a virtual driving sub-circuitry and avirtual light-emitting element. A control end of the virtual datawrite-in sub-circuitry is the scanning control end of the virtual pixelsub-circuitry, a first end of the virtual data write-in sub-circuitry isthe data write-in end of the virtual pixel sub-circuitry, and a secondend of the virtual data write-in sub-circuitry is a control end of thevirtual driving sub-circuitry. The virtual data write-in sub-circuitryis configured to, under the control of the virtual scanning line,control the corresponding data line to be electrically connected to, orelectrically disconnected from, the control end of the virtual drivingsub-circuitry. A first end of the virtual driving sub-circuitry isdirectly connected to a high voltage end, a second end of the virtualdriving sub-circuitry is directly connected to a first electrode of thevirtual light-emitting element, and a second electrode of the virtuallight-emitting element is directly connected to a low voltage end.

In another aspect, the present disclosure provides in some embodimentsan optical signal noise reduction method for the above-mentioned opticalsignal noise reduction circuit, including, at a corresponding linescanning stage, supplying power to a corresponding gate line connectedto a pixel circuit, and enabling a comparison detection circuitry toacquire a photoelectric signal in accordance with a first electricsignal on a corresponding photoelectric signal read line and a secondelectric signal on a reference line.

In an implementation, the reference line and the photoelectric signalread line are arranged at a display region of a display panel, anextension direction of the reference line is same as an extensiondirection of the photoelectric signal read line, and a distance betweenthe reference line and the photoelectric signal read line is smallerthan a predetermined distance. The comparison detection circuitryincludes an energy storage circuitry, an input control circuitry, areset control circuitry, a discharging control circuitry and a voltagedetection circuitry. The corresponding line scanning stage includes aninput time period and a detection time period arranged one after anotherin that order. The optical signal noise reduction method includes:within the input time period of the corresponding line scanning stage,controlling, by the input control circuitry, the reference line to beelectrically connected to a first end of the energy storage circuitryand controlling, by the input control circuitry, the photoelectricsignal read line to be electrically connected to a second end of theenergy storage circuitry under the control of a first control line, tocharge the energy storage circuitry through the second electric signalon the reference line and the first electric signal on the photoelectricsignal read line, thereby to enable a difference between a voltageapplied to the second end of the energy storage circuitry and a voltageapplied to the first end of the energy storage circuitry to be aphotoelectric signal, and controlling, by the reset control circuitry,the first end of the energy storage circuitry to be electricallydisconnected from a first voltage end under the control of a secondcontrol line; and within the detection time period of the correspondingline scanning stage, detecting, by the voltage detection circuitry, thephotoelectric signal, controlling, by the input control circuitry, thereference line to be electrically disconnected from the first end of theenergy storage circuitry and controlling, by the input controlcircuitry, the photoelectric signal read line to be electricallydisconnected from the second end of the energy storage circuitry underthe control of the first control line, controlling, by the reset controlcircuitry, the first end of the energy storage circuitry to beelectrically connected to the first voltage end under the control of thesecond control line, and controlling, by the discharging controlcircuitry, the second end of the energy storage circuitry to beelectrically connected to a second voltage end under the control of athird control line.

In yet another aspect, the present disclosure provides in someembodiments a display panel, including Pixel circuits arranged in Ncolumns and N optical signal noise reduction circuits each correspondingto the pixel circuits in one column, N being a positive integer greaterthan 1, and n being a positive integer smaller than or equal to N. Eachpixel circuit is arranged at a display region of the display panel. Acomparison detection circuitry of the optical signal noise reductioncircuit is arranged a peripheral region surrounding the display regionof the display panel. A reference line and a photoelectric signal readline of the optical signal noise reduction circuit are arranged at thedisplay region, an extension direction of the reference line is same asan extension direction of the photoelectric signal read line, and adistance between the reference line and the photoelectric signal readline is smaller than a predetermined distance; or the reference line isarranged at the peripheral region, the optical signal noise reductioncircuit further includes a noise simulation circuitry, a light-shieldingmember, a virtual scanning line and a reference control line arranged atthe peripheral region, and the noise simulation circuitry is of a samestructure as the pixel circuit.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an optical signal noise reductioncircuit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing an optical signal noise reductioncircuit according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing an optical signal noise reductioncircuit according to yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram of the optical signal noise reductioncircuit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is an operation sequence diagram of the optical signal noisereduction circuit in FIG. 4 according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing an optical signal noise reductioncircuit according to still yet another embodiment of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing a relationship between a noisesimulation circuitry and a pixel circuit according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a circuit diagram of an optical signal noise reduction circuitaccording to another embodiment of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 9 is an operation sequence diagram of the optical signal noisereduction circuit in FIG. 8 according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

In the following, the present disclosure will be described hereinafterin a clear and complete manner in conjunction with the drawings andembodiments. Obviously, the following embodiments merely relate to apart of, rather than all of, the embodiments of the present disclosure,and based on these embodiments, a person skilled in the art may, withoutany creative effort, obtain the other embodiments, which also fallwithin the scope of the present disclosure.

All transistors adopted in the embodiments of the present disclosure maybe TFTs, Field Effect Transistors (FETs) or other elements having anidentical characteristic. In the embodiments of the present disclosure,in order to differentiate two electrodes other than a gate electrodefrom each other, one of the two electrodes is called as first electrodeand the other is called as second electrode. In actual use, the firstelectrode may be a drain electrode while the second electrode may be asource electrode, or the first electrode may be a source electrode whilethe second electrode may be a drain electrode.

The present disclosure provides in some embodiments an optical signalnoise reduction circuit which includes a reference line, a comparisondetection circuitry and a photoelectric signal read line. An electricsignal on the photoelectric signal read line includes a noise electricsignal and a photoelectric signal. The reference line is configured tosense the noise electric signal on the photoelectric signal read line,so as to generate a corresponding second electric signal on thereference line. The comparison detection circuitry is connected to thereference line and the photoelectric signal read line, and configured toacquire the photoelectric signal in accordance with the electric signalon the photoelectric signal read line and the electric signal on thereference line.

According to the optical signal noise reduction circuit in theembodiments of the present disclosure, the comparison detectioncircuitry may acquire the photoelectric signal in accordance with theelectric signal on the photoelectric signal read line and the electricsignal on the reference line. As a result, it is able to perform theoptical detection and the display simultaneously, thereby to reduce atime period for the optical detection while eliminating a noise.

During the implementation, the reference line is configured to sense thenoise electric signal on the photoelectric signal read line, so as togenerate the corresponding electric signal, i.e., there is only a smalldifference between a value of the electric signal on the reference lineand a value of the noise electric signal. The electric signal on thereference line may be of a same type as the electric signal on thephotoelectric signal read line.

The optical signal noise reduction circuit in the embodiments of thepresent disclosure may be applied to a pixel circuit. As shown in FIG.1, the pixel circuit may include an optical detection sub-circuitry 10connected to a photoelectric signal read line RL. The optical signalnoise reduction circuit may include a reference line REFL, a comparisondetection circuitry 11 and the photoelectric signal read line RL. Anelectric signal on the photoelectric signal read line RL may include anoise electric signal and a photoelectric signal. The reference lineREFL is configured to sense the noise electric signal on thephotoelectric signal read line RL, so as to generate a correspondingelectric signal. There is only a small difference between a value of theelectric signal on the reference line REFL and a value of the noiseelectric signal. The electric signal on the reference line REFL may beof a same type as the electric signal on the photoelectric signal readline RL. The comparison detection circuitry 11 is connected to thereference line REFL and the photoelectric signal read line RL, andconfigured to acquire the photoelectric signal in accordance with theelectric signal on the photoelectric signal read line RL and theelectric signal on the reference line REFL.

According to the optical signal noise reduction circuit in theembodiments of the present disclosure, the comparison detectioncircuitry 11 may acquire the photoelectric signal in accordance with theelectric signal on the photoelectric signal read line RL and theelectric signal on the reference line REFL. As a result, it is able toperform the optical detection and the display simultaneously, thereby toreduce a time period for the optical detection while eliminating anoise.

In actual use, the electric signal on the reference line REFL may be thenoise electric signal generated due to the interference caused by a gateline and a data line, and the electric signal on the photoelectricsignal read line RL may include the noise electric signal and thephotoelectric signal.

During the implementation, the electric signal on the reference lineREFL may be of a same type as the electric signal on the photoelectricsignal read line RL, i.e., the electric signal on REFL and the electricsignal on RL may each be a voltage signal. At this time, an absolutevalue of a difference between a voltage value of the voltage signal onREFL and a voltage value of a noise voltage signal included in thevoltage signal on RL may be smaller than a predetermined voltagedifference (in actual use, the predetermined voltage difference may beset according to the practical need, e.g., it may be, but not limitedto, 0.1V). Alternatively, the electric signal on REFL and the electricsignal on RL may each be a current signal. At this time, an absolutevalue of a difference between a current value of the current signal onREFL and a current value of a noise current signal included in thecurrent signal on RL may be smaller than a predetermined currentdifference (in actual use, the predetermined current difference may beset according to the practical need, e.g., it may be, but not limitedto, 0.05A). Alternatively, the electric signal on REFL and the electricsignal on RL may each be a charge signal. At this time, an absolutevalue of a difference between a charge amount of the charge signal onREFL and a charge amount of a noise charge signal included in the chargesignal on RL may be smaller than a predetermined charge amountdifference (in actual use, the predetermined charge amount differencemay be set according to the practical need).

During the implementation, the pixel circuit may further include a pixelsub-circuitry, a scanning control end of which is connected to thecorresponding gate line, and a data write-in end of which is connectedto the corresponding data line.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the reference lineREFL and the photoelectric signal read line RL may be arranged at adisplay region of a display panel, the reference line REFL may extend ina same direction as the photoelectric signal read line RL, and adistance between the reference line REFL and the photoelectric signalread line RL may be smaller than a predetermined distance. It should beappreciated that, when the distance between REFL and RL is smaller thanthe predetermined distance, it means that the reference line REFL islocated immediately adjacent to the photoelectric signal read line RL,and the predetermined distance may be set according to the practicalneed, e.g., the predetermined distance may be 1 μm, as long as thereference line REFL is capable of effectively sensing the noise electricsignal on the photoelectric signal read line RL. In the embodiments ofthe present disclosure, through the additional reference line REFLlocated immediately adjacent to the photoelectric signal read line RL,the noise electric signal on the reference line REFL may beapproximately the same as the noise electric signal on the photoelectricsignal read line RL.

In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the predetermineddistance may be smaller than 5 μm, so that the reference line REFL islocated immediately adjacent to the photoelectric signal read line RL.

In actual use, the reference line is arranged immediately adjacent tothe photoelectric signal read line at the display region. Usually, aphotoelectric signal read line in a column is shared by the pixelcircuits in a column, so the reference line immediately adjacent to thephotoelectric signal read line may have a same length as thephotoelectric signal read line, and the reference line may be arrangedparallel to the photoelectric signal read line.

In another possible embodiment of the present disclosure, thephotoelectric signal read line may be arranged at the display region ofthe display panel, and the reference line may be arranged at aperipheral region surrounding the display region. The optical signalnoise reduction circuit may further include a noise simulationcircuitry, a light-shielding member, a virtual scanning line and areference control line arranged at the peripheral region. The noisesimulation circuitry may include a virtual pixel sub-circuitry and avirtual optical detection sub-circuitry. A data write-in end of thevirtual pixel sub-circuitry may be connected to the data line, and ascanning control end of the virtual pixel sub-circuitry may be connectedto the virtual scanning line. The virtual optical detectionsub-circuitry may include a virtual switching control sub-circuitry anda virtual photoelectric detection sub-circuitry. The light-shieldingmember is configured to prevent the virtual photoelectric detectionsub-circuitry from receiving the optical signal. A control end of thevirtual switching control sub-circuitry may be connected to thereference control line, a first end of the virtual switching controlsub-circuitry may be connected to an output end of the virtualphotoelectric detection sub-circuitry, and a second end of the virtualswitching control sub-circuitry may be connected to the reference line.

In actual use, the noise simulation circuitry (a structure of which willbe described hereinafter in conjunction with the drawings) may bearranged at the peripheral region corresponding to the pixel circuits ina column, so as to simulate the noise electric signal on thephotoelectric signal read line. A virtual scanning signal on the virtualscanning line may be the same as a gate driving signal on the gate line,and the data write-in end of the virtual pixel sub-circuitry of thenoise simulation circuitry may also be connected to the data line.Hence, the noise electric signal on the reference line connected to thenoise simulation circuitry may be approximately the same as the noiseelectric signal on the photoelectric signal read line.

During the implementation, a data voltage across the data line connectedto the virtual pixel sub-circuitry may be the same as a data voltageapplied to the corresponding pixel circuit, and the virtual scanningsignal on the virtual scanning line connected to the virtual pixelsub-circuitry may be the same as the gate driving signal on the gateline. The virtual pixel sub-circuitry may be arranged at the peripheralregion, and it is configured to simulate the noise electric signalgenerated due to the interference caused by the gate line and the dataline on the photoelectric signal read line, rather than to emit lightfor display.

As shown in FIG. 2, the pixel circuit may include a pixel sub-circuitry20 and an optical detection sub-circuitry. A scanning control end of thepixel sub-circuitry 20 may be connected to a gate line GATE, and a datawrite-in end of the pixel sub-circuitry may be connected to a data lineDATA. The optical detection sub-circuitry may include a switchingcontrol sub-circuitry 101 and a photoelectric detection sub-circuitry102. A control end of the switching control sub-circuitry 101 may beconnected to the gate line GATE, a first end of the switching controlsub-circuitry 101 may be connected to an output end of the photoelectricdetection sub-circuitry 102, and a second end of the switching controlsub-circuitry 101 may be connected to a photoelectric signal read lineRL. The photoelectric signal read line RL may be arranged at a displayregion of the display panel.

The optical signal noise reduction circuit in the embodiments of thepresent disclosure may be applied to the pixel circuit, and it mayinclude the reference line REFL, the comparison detection circuitry 11and the photoelectric signal read line RL. The reference line REFL maybe arranged immediately adjacent to the data line DATA, and aninterference caused by GATE and DATA on REFL may be the same as aninterference caused by GATE and DATA on RL. The reference line REFL maybe arranged at the display region and extend in a same direction as thephotoelectric signal read line RL, and a distance between the referenceline REFL and the photoelectric signal read line RL may be smaller thana predetermined distance. The comparison detection circuitry 11 may beconnected to the reference line REFL and the photoelectric signal readline RL, and configured to acquire a photoelectric signal in accordancewith an electric signal on the photoelectric signal read line RL and anelectric signal on the reference line REFL.

Based on the optical signal noise reduction circuit in FIG. 2, as shownin FIG. 3, the comparison detection circuitry may include an energystorage circuitry 111, an input control circuitry 112, a reset controlcircuitry 113, a discharging control circuitry 114 and a voltagedetection circuitry 115.

The input control circuitry 112 may be connected to a first control lineG2, the reference line REFL, the photoelectric signal read line RL, afirst end of the energy storage circuitry 111 and a second end of theenergy storage circuitry 111, and configured to, under the control ofthe first control line G2, control the reference line REFL to beelectrically connected to, or electrically disconnected from, the firstend of the energy storage circuitry 111, and control the photoelectricsignal read line RL to be electrically connected to, or electricallydisconnected from, the second end of the energy storage circuitry 111.

The reset control circuitry 113 may be connected to a second controlline G3, the first end of the energy storage circuitry 111 and a firstvoltage end, and configured to, under the control of the second controlline G2, control the first end of the energy storage circuitry 111 to beelectrically connected to, or electrically disconnected from, the firstvoltage end. The first voltage end is configured to apply a firstvoltage V1. The discharging control circuitry 114 may be connected to athird control line G4, the second end of the energy storage circuitry111 and a second voltage end, and configured to, under the control ofthe third control line G4, control the second end of the energy storagecircuitry 111 to be electrically connected to, or electricallydisconnected from, the second voltage end. The second voltage end isconfigured to apply a second voltage V2. The voltage detection circuitry115 may be connected to the second end of the energy storage circuitry111, and configured to detect a voltage applied to the second end of theenergy storage circuitry 111 and acquire the photoelectric signal inaccordance with the voltage applied to the second end of the energystorage circuitry 111.

During the implementation, the first voltage V1 and the second voltageV2 may each be, but not limited to, a low voltage.

To be specific, the energy storage circuitry may include a storagecapacitor. The input control circuitry may include a first transistorand a second transistor. A gate electrode of the first transistor may beconnected to the first control line, a first electrode of the firsttransistor may be connected to the reference line, and a secondelectrode of the first transistor may be connected to the first end ofthe storage capacitor. A gate electrode of the second transistor may beconnected to the first control line, a first electrode of the secondtransistor may be connected to the photoelectric signal read line, and asecond electrode of the second transistor may be connected to a secondend of the storage capacitor.

To be specific, the reset control circuitry may include a reset controltransistor, a gate electrode of which is connected to the second controlline, a first electrode of which is connected to the first end of thestorage capacitor, and a second electrode of which is connected to thefirst voltage end. The discharging control circuitry may include adischarging control transistor, a gate electrode of which is connectedto the third control line, a first electrode of which is connected tothe second end of the storage capacitor, and a second electrode of whichis connected to the second voltage end.

To be specific, the voltage detection circuitry may include a sourcefollower transistor, a current source and a voltage detectionsub-circuitry. A gate electrode of the source follower transistor may beconnected to the second end of the storage capacitor, a first electrodeof the source follower transistor may be connected to a third voltageend, and a second electrode of the source follower transistor may beconnected to an output node. A first end of the current source may beconnected to the output node, and a second end of the current source maybe connected to a fourth voltage end. The current source is configuredto supply a bias current flowing from the output node to the fourthvoltage end. The voltage detection sub-circuitry may be connected to theoutput node, and configured to detect a potential at the output node andacquire the photoelectric signal in accordance with the potential at theoutput node.

In actual use, the third voltage end may be, but not limited to, a highvoltage end, and the fourth voltage end may be, but not limited to, alow voltage end.

During the operation of the optical signal noise reduction circuit inFIG. 3, within an input time period of a corresponding line scanningstage, the pixel sub-circuitry 20 may start to emit light, and thephotoelectric detection sub-circuitry 102 may convert an optical signalfrom the pixel sub-circuitry 20 into a corresponding photoelectricsignal. The switching control sub-circuitry 101 may control the outputend of the photoelectric detection sub-circuitry 102 to be electricallyconnected to the photoelectric signal read line RL. Under the control ofthe first control line G2, the input control circuitry 112 may controlthe reference line REFL to be electrically connected to the first end ofthe energy storage circuitry 111, and control the photoelectric signalread line RL to be electrically connected to the second end of theenergy storage circuitry 111, so as to charge the electric signal of theenergy storage circuitry 111 through the electric signal on thereference line REFL and the electric signal on the photoelectric signalread line RL, thereby to acquire a difference between the voltageapplied to the second end of the energy storage circuitry 111 and thevoltage applied to the first end of the energy storage circuitry 111 asthe photoelectric signal. Under the control of the second control lineG3, the reset control circuitry 113 may control the first end of theenergy storage circuitry 111 to be electrically disconnected from thefirst voltage end.

Within a detection time period of the corresponding line scanning stage,the voltage detection circuitry 115 may detect the photoelectric signal.Under the control of the first control line G2, the input controlcircuitry 112 may control the reference line REFL to be electricallydisconnected from the first end of the energy storage circuitry 111, andcontrol the photoelectric signal read line RL to be electricallydisconnected from the second end of the energy storage circuitry 111.Under the control of the second control line G3, the reset controlcircuitry 113 may control the first end of the energy storage circuitry111 to be electrically connected to the first voltage end. Under thecontrol of the third control line G4, the discharging control circuitry114 may control the second end of the energy storage circuitry 111 to beelectrically disconnected from the second voltage end.

Within a resetting time period of the corresponding line scanning stage,under the control of the first control line G2, the input controlcircuitry 112 may control the reference line REFL to be electricallyconnected to the first end of the energy storage circuitry 111, andcontrol the photoelectric signal read line RL to be electricallyconnected to the second end of the energy storage circuitry 111. Underthe control of the third control line G4, the discharging controlcircuitry 114 may control the second end of the energy storage circuitry111 to be electrically connected to the second voltage end, so as todischarge the energy storage circuitry 111, and reset a potential at theoutput end of the photoelectric detection sub-circuitry 102 through thephotoelectric signal read line RL.

The optical signal noise reduction circuit will be described hereinafterin more details.

The optical signal noise reduction circuit in the embodiments of thepresent disclosure may be applied to a pixel circuit. As shown in FIG.4, the pixel circuit may include the pixel sub-circuitry 20 and theoptical detection sub-circuitry. The pixel sub-circuitry 20 may includea data write-in transistor T1, a driving transistor T2 and an OLED. Asource electrode of T1 may be connected to the data line DATA, and agate electrode of T1 may be connected to the gate line GATE. A gateelectrode of T2 may be connected to a drain electrode of T1, a drainelectrode of T2 may be connected to a high voltage end ELVDD, a sourceelectrode of T2 may be connected to an anode of the OLED, and a cathodeof the OLED may be connected to a low voltage end ELVSS.

The optical detection sub-circuitry may include the switching controlsub-circuitry 101 and the photoelectric detection sub-circuitry 102. Theswitching control sub-circuitry 101 may include a switching controltransistor TC, a gate electrode of which may be connected to the gateline GATE, and a source electrode of which may be connected to thephotoelectric signal read line RL. The photoelectric detectionsub-circuitry 102 may include a photodiode PD, an anode of which may beconnected to the low voltage end ELVSS, and a cathode of which may beconnected to a drain electrode of TC.

In this embodiment of the present disclosure, the optical signal noisereduction circuit may include the reference line REFL, the photoelectricsignal read line RL and the comparison detection circuitry. Thereference line REFL may extend in a same direction as the photoelectricsignal read line RL, and a distance between the reference line REFL andthe photoelectric signal read line RL may be smaller than apredetermined distance (i.e., REFL may be located immediately adjacentto RL).

The pixel sub-circuitry 20, the optical detection sub-circuitry 10 andthe reference line REFL may be arranged at the display region of thedisplay panel, and the comparison detection circuitry may be arranged atthe peripheral region surrounding the display region of the displaypanel.

The comparison detection circuitry may include the energy storagecircuitry 111, the input control circuitry 112, the reset controlcircuitry 113, the discharging control circuitry 114 and the voltagedetection circuitry 115. The energy storage circuitry 111 may include astorage capacitor Cst. The input control circuitry 112 may include afirst transistor Ta and a second transistor Tb. A gate electrode of thefirst transistor Ta may be connected to the first control line G2, adrain electrode of the first transistor Ta may be connected to thereference line REFL, and a source electrode of the first transistor Tamay be connected to a first end A of the storage capacitor Cst. A gateelectrode of the second transistor Tb may be connected to the firstcontrol line G2, a drain electrode of the second transistor Tb may beconnected to the photoelectric signal read line RL, and a sourceelectrode of the second transistor Tb may be connected to a second end Bof the storage capacitor Cst.

The reset control circuitry 113 may include a reset control transistorTc, a gate electrode of which is connected to the second control lineG3, a drain electrode of which is connected to the first end A of thestorage capacitor Cst, and a source electrode of which is connected tothe low voltage end ELVSS. The discharging control circuitry 114 mayinclude a discharging control transistor Td, a gate electrode of whichis connected to the third control line G4, a drain electrode of which isconnected to the second end B of the storage capacitor Cst, and a sourceelectrode of which is connected to the low voltage end ELVSS.

The voltage detection circuitry 115 may include a source followertransistor Te, a current source IS and a voltage detection sub-circuitry1150. A gate electrode of the source follower transistor Te may beconnected to the second end B of the storage capacitor Cst, a drainelectrode of the source follower transistor Te may be connected to thehigh voltage end ELVDD, and a source electrode of the source followertransistor Te may be connected to an output node C. A first end of thecurrent source IS may be connected to the output node C, and a secondend of the current source IS may be connected to the low voltage endELVSS. The current source IS is configured to supply a bias currentflowing from the output node C to the low voltage end ELVSS. The biascurrent is used for the operation of the source follower transistor T2.The voltage detection sub-circuitry 1150 may be connected to the outputnode C, and configured to detect a potential at the output node C andacquire the photoelectric signal in accordance with the potential at theoutput node C.

In the embodiment of FIG. 4, all the transistors are n-type transistors.However, in actual use, the transistors may also be p-type transistors,i.e., the types of the transistors will not be particularly definedherein.

In the embodiment of FIG. 4, when Te is in a saturation state,ΔVs=(gm×Ro)×ΔVg/(1+gm×Ro), where Ro represents an equivalent resistanceof the current source IS, gm represents a transconductance of the sourcefollower transistor Te, ΔVs represents a change in a voltage applied tothe source electrode of Te, and ΔVg represents a change in a voltageapplied to the gate electrode of Te. When gm×Ro is sufficiently large,ΔVs may be approximately equal to ΔVg. Based on the above equation, afollowing coefficient sg of the source follower transistors Te may beequal to (gm×Ro)×/(1+gm×Ro).

In the embodiment of FIG. 4, gm and Ro may each be provided with asufficiently large value, so as to enable sg to be approximately equalto 1, and enable ΔVs to be approximately equal to ΔVg.

As shown in FIG. 5, during the operation of the optical signal noisereduction circuit in FIG. 4, the corresponding line scanning stage mayinclude an input time period S1, a detection time period S2 and aresetting time period S3 arranged in that order.

Within the input time period S1 of the corresponding line scanningstage, GATE may output a high level, so as to enable OLED to emit light.PD may sense an optical signal from OLED, and convert the optical signalinto a photoelectric signal. G2 may output a high level, G3 may output alow level, and G4 may output a low level, so as to turn on Ta and Tb,and turn off Tc and Td. Cst may be charged through the noise currentsignal on REFL and the photo current signal including the noise currentsignal on RL. At this time, a voltage applied to the first end A of Cstmay be a noise voltage, and a voltage applied to the second end B of Cstmay include a noise voltage and a photo voltage. Hence, a differencebetween the voltage applied to the second end B of Cst and the voltageapplied to the first end A of Cst may be equal to the photo voltage.Within the input time period S1, Te may operate in the saturation state.

Within the detection time period S2 of the line scanning stage, GATE mayoutput a high level, and a value of a low voltage applied by ELVSS maybe 0. G2 may output a low voltage, G3 may output a high voltage, and G4may output a low voltage, so as to turn off Ta, Tb and Td, and turn onTc, so the voltage applied to the first end A of Cst may be 0. Adifference between the voltages applied to two ends of Cst cannot changesuddenly, so the voltage applied to the second end B of Cst may be justthe photo voltage. At this time, Te may operate in the saturation stage.The voltage detection circuitry 115 may detect a voltage Vs applied tothe source electrode of T2, and subtract an initial source voltage(i.e., a voltage applied to the source electrode of Te detected by thevoltage detection circuitry 115 before S1 (i.e., at a moment immediatelybefore S1)) from Vs, so as to acquire a voltage difference being equalto the photo voltage.

Within the resetting time period S3 of the corresponding line scanningstage, GATE may output a high level, and G2, G3 and G4 may each output ahigh level, so as to turn on Ta, Tb, Tc, Td and TC, thereby to reset thevoltages applied to the first end A and the second B of Cst, a voltageacross REFL, a voltage across RL, and a voltage applied to the cathodeof PD.

In FIG. 5, GATE_NEXT represents a next gate line adjacent to the gateline GATE, and a corresponding time sequence is a time sequence of agate driving signal outputted from GATE_NEXT.

As shown in FIG. 6, the pixel circuit may include the pixelsub-circuitry 20 and the optical detection sub-circuitry 10. Thescanning control end of the pixel sub-circuitry 20 may be connected tothe gate line GATE, and the data write-in end of the pixel sub-circuitrymay be connected to the data line DATA. The optical detectionsub-circuitry 10 may include the switching control sub-circuitry 101 andthe photoelectric detection sub-circuitry 102. The control end of theswitching control sub-circuitry 101 may be connected to the gate lineGATE, the first end of the switching control sub-circuitry 101 may beconnected to the output end of the photoelectric detection sub-circuitry102, and the second end of the switching control sub-circuitry 101 maybe connected to the photoelectric signal read line RL. The photoelectricsignal read line RL may be arranged at a display region of the displaypanel.

The optical signal noise reduction circuit in the embodiments of thepresent disclosure may be applied to the pixel circuit, and it mayinclude the reference line REFL, the photoelectric signal read line RL,the comparison detection circuitry 11, the noise simulation circuitry,the light-shielding member (not shown in FIG. 6), the virtual scanningline GV and the reference control line GREF. The reference line REFL maybe arranged at the peripheral region of the display panel surroundingthe display region of the display panel. The noise simulation circuitry,the light-shielding member, the virtual scanning line GV and thereference control line GREF may be arranged at the peripheral region ofthe display panel.

The comparison detection circuitry 11 may include the energy storagecircuitry 111, the input control circuitry 112, the reset controlcircuitry 113, the discharging control circuitry 114 and the voltagedetection circuitry 115.

The reference line REFL may be connected to the first end of the energystorage circuitry 111. The input control circuitry 112 may be connectedto the first control line G2, the photoelectric signal read line RL andthe second end of the energy storage circuitry 111, and configured to,under the control of the first control line G2, control thephotoelectric signal read line RL to be electrically connected to, orelectrically disconnected from, the second end of the energy storagecircuitry 111. The reset control circuitry 113 may be connected to thesecond control line G3, the first end of the energy storage circuitry111 and the first voltage end, and configured to, under the control ofthe second control line G3, control the first end of the energy storagecircuitry 111 to be electrically connected to, or electricallydisconnected from, the first voltage end. The first voltage end isconfigured to apply the first voltage V1. The discharging controlcircuitry 114 may be connected to the third control line G4, the secondend of the energy storage circuitry 111 and the second voltage end, andconfigured to, under the control of the third control line G4, controlthe second end of the energy storage circuitry 111 to be electricallyconnected to, or electrically disconnected from, the second voltage end.The second voltage end is configured to apply the second voltage V2. Thevoltage detection circuitry 115 may be connected to the second end ofthe energy storage circuitry 111, and configured to detect a voltageapplied to the second end of the energy storage circuitry 111 andacquire the photoelectric signal in accordance with the voltage appliedto the second end of the energy storage circuitry 111.

The noise simulation circuitry may include a virtual pixel sub-circuitry61 and a virtual optical detection sub-circuitry 62. A data write-in endof the virtual pixel sub-circuitry 61 may be connected to the data lineDATA, and a scanning control end of the virtual pixel sub-circuitry 61may be connected to the virtual scanning line GV. The virtual opticaldetection sub-circuitry 62 may include a virtual switching controlsub-circuitry 621 and a virtual photoelectric detection sub-circuitry622. The light-shielding member (not shown in FIG. 6) is configured toprevent the virtual photoelectric detection sub-circuitry 622 fromreceiving the optical signal. A control end of the virtual switchingcontrol sub-circuitry 621 may be connected to the reference control lineGREF, a first end of the virtual switching control sub-circuitry 621 maybe connected to an output end of the virtual photoelectric detectionsub-circuitry 622, and a second end of the virtual switching controlsub-circuitry 621 may be connected to the reference line REFL.

In actual use, the virtual scanning signal on GV may be the same as thegate driving signal on GATE.

During the implementation, the pixel circuits in one column maycorrespond to one noise simulation circuitry arranged at the peripheralregion, and the virtual scanning signal on GV may be the same as thegate driving signal on the gate line which is currently being scanned.Through the noise simulation circuitry, the interference caused by GVand DATA on REFL may be similar to the interference caused by GATE andDATA on the photoelectric signal read line RL of the pixel circuit, sothe electric signal on REFL may be approximately the same as the noiseelectric signal on RL.

In actual use, the noise simulation circuitry may be of a same structureas the pixel circuitry. To be specific, the virtual pixel sub-circuitry61 of the noise simulation circuitry may be of a same structure as thepixel sub-circuitry 20 of the pixel circuit, and the virtual opticaldetection sub-circuitry 62 of the noise simulation circuitry may be of asame structure as the optical detection sub-circuitry 10 of the pixelcircuit, so as to enable the interference caused by GV and DATA on REFLto be the same as the interference caused by GATE and DATA on thephotoelectric signal read line RL of the pixel circuit. In addition, inthe embodiments of the present disclosure, through the light-shieldingmember (not shown in FIG. 6), the virtual photoelectric detectionsub-circuitry 622 of the noise simulation circuitry is incapable ofreceiving the optical signal, so the electric signal on the referenceline REFL may be merely the noise electric signal. The electric signalon the photoelectric signal read line RL may include the photoelectricsignal and the noise electric signal, so the photoelectric signal may beacquired in accordance with the electric signal on REFL and the electricsignal on RL.

During the implementation, the first voltage V1 and the second voltageV2 may each be, but not limited to, a low voltage.

To be specific, the gate driving signal on the gate line may be adoptedto provide the virtual scanning signal for the virtual scanning line.

During the implementation, the comparison detection circuitry mayinclude an energy storage circuitry, an input control circuitry, a resetcontrol circuitry, a discharging control circuitry and a voltagedetection circuitry. The reference line may be connected to the firstend of the energy storage circuitry. The input control circuitry may beconnected to the first control line, the photoelectric signal read lineand the second end of the energy storage circuitry, and configured to,under the control of the first control line, control the photoelectricsignal read line to be electrically connected to, or electricallydisconnected from, the second end of the energy storage circuitry. Thereset control circuitry may be connected to the second control line, thefirst end of the energy storage circuitry and the first voltage end, andconfigured to, under the control of the second control line, control thefirst end of the energy storage circuitry to be electrically connectedto, or electrically disconnected from, the first voltage end. Thedischarging control circuitry may be connected to the third controlline, the second end of the energy storage circuitry and the secondvoltage end, and configured to, under the control of the third controlline, control the second end of the energy storage circuitry to beelectrically connected to, or electrically disconnected from, the secondvoltage end. The voltage detection circuitry may be connected to thesecond end of the energy storage circuitry, and configured to, detect avoltage applied to the second end of the energy storage circuitry, andacquire the photoelectric signal in accordance with the voltage appliedto the second end of the energy storage circuitry.

To be specific, the energy storage circuitry may include a storagecapacitor. A first end of the storage capacitor may be connected to thereference line. The input control circuitry may include a thirdtransistor, a gate electrode of which is connected to the first controlline, a first electrode of which is connected to the photoelectricsignal read line, and a second electrode of which is connected to thesecond end of the storage capacitor.

To be specific, the reset control circuitry may include a reset controltransistor, a gate electrode of which is connected to the second controlline, a first electrode of which is connected to the first end of thestorage capacitor, and a second electrode of which is connected to thefirst voltage end. The discharging control circuitry may include adischarging control transistor, a gate electrode of which is connectedto the third control line, a first electrode of which is connected tothe second end of the storage capacitor, and a second electrode of whichis connected to the second voltage end.

To be specific, the voltage detection circuitry may include a sourcefollower transistor, a current source and a voltage detectionsub-circuitry. A gate electrode of the source follower transistor may beconnected to the second end of the storage capacitor, a first electrodeof the source follower transistor may be connected to a third voltageend, and a second electrode of the source follower transistor may beconnected to an output node. A first end of the current source may beconnected to the output node, and a second end of the current source maybe connected to a fourth voltage end. The current source is configuredto supply a bias current flowing from the output node to the fourthvoltage end. The voltage detection sub-circuitry may be connected to theoutput node, and configured to detect a potential at the output node andacquire the photoelectric signal in accordance with the potential at theoutput node.

To be specific, the virtual pixel sub-circuitry may include a virtualdata write-in sub-circuitry, a virtual driving sub-circuitry and avirtual light-emitting element. A control end of the virtual datawrite-in sub-circuitry may be the scanning control end of the virtualpixel sub-circuitry, a first end of the virtual data write-insub-circuitry may be the data write-in end of the virtual pixelsub-circuitry, and a second end of the virtual data write-insub-circuitry may be a control end of the virtual driving sub-circuitry.The virtual data write-in sub-circuitry is configured to, under thecontrol of the virtual scanning line, control the data line to beelectrically connected to, or electrically disconnected from, thecontrol end of the virtual driving sub-circuitry. A first end of thevirtual driving sub-circuitry may be connected to a high voltage end, asecond end of the virtual driving sub-circuitry may be connected to afirst electrode of the virtual light-emitting element, and a secondelectrode of the virtual light-emitting element may be connected to alow voltage end.

To be specific, the virtual data write-in sub-circuitry may include avirtual data write-in transistor, and the virtual driving sub-circuitrymay include a virtual driving transistor. A gate electrode of thevirtual data write-in transistor may be the control end of the virtualdata write-in sub-circuitry, the first electrode of the virtual datawrite-in transistor may be the first end of the virtual data write-insub-circuitry, and a second electrode of the virtual data write-intransistor may be the second end of the virtual data write-insub-circuitry. A gate electrode of the virtual driving transistor may bethe control end of the virtual driving sub-circuitry, a first electrodeof the virtual driving transistor may be the first end of the virtualdriving sub-circuitry, and a second electrode of the virtual drivingtransistor may be the second end of the virtual driving sub-circuitry.

The virtual photoelectric detection sub-circuitry may include a virtualphotodiode, an anode of which is connected to the low voltage end. Thevirtual switching control sub-circuitry may include a virtual switchingcontrol transistor, a gate electrode of which is connected to thereference control line, a first electrode of which is connected to acathode of the virtual photodiode, and a second electrode of which isconnected to the reference line. The light-shielding member is furtherconfigured to shield the virtual photodiode, so as to prevent thevirtual photodiode from receiving the optical signal.

During the operation of the optical signal noise reduction circuit inFIG. 6, the corresponding line scanning stage may include an input timeperiod, a detection time period and a resetting time period arrangedsequentially in that order.

Within the input time period of the corresponding line scanning stage,the pixel sub-circuitry 20 may start to emit light, and thephotoelectric detection sub-circuitry 102 may convert an optical signalfrom the pixel sub-circuitry 20 into a corresponding photoelectricsignal. The switching control sub-circuitry 101 may control the outputend of the photoelectric detection sub-circuitry 102 to be electricallyconnected to the photoelectric signal read line RL. Under the control ofthe reference control line GREF, the virtual switching controlsub-circuitry 621 may control the output end of the virtualphotoelectric detection sub-circuitry 622 to be electrically connectedto the reference line (at this time, the virtual photoelectric detectionsub-circuitry 622 is shielded by the light-shielding member, so thevirtual photoelectric detection sub-circuitry 622 may not receive theoptical signal, and the virtual photoelectric detection sub-circuitry622 is only subjected to the interference caused by GV and DATA butcannot perform photovoltaic conversion). Under the control of the firstcontrol line G2, the input control circuitry 112 may control thephotoelectric signal read line RL to be electrically connected to thesecond end of the energy storage circuitry 111, so as to charge theenergy storage circuitry 111 through the electric signal on thereference line REFL and the electric signal on the photoelectric signalread line RL, thereby to enable a difference between the voltagesapplied to the first end and the second end of the energy storagecircuitry 111 to be the photoelectric signal. Under the control of thesecond control line G3, the resetting control circuitry 113 may controlthe first end of the energy storage circuitry 111 to be electricallydisconnected from the first voltage end. Under the control of the thirdcontrol line G4, the discharging control circuitry 114 may control thesecond end of the energy storage circuitry 111 to be electricallydisconnected from the second voltage end.

Within the detection time period of the corresponding line scanningstage, a value of the first voltage applied by the first voltage end maybe 0. Under the control of the reference control line GREF, the virtualswitching control sub-circuitry 621 may control the output end of thevirtual photoelectric detection sub-circuitry 622 to be electricallydisconnected from the reference line REFL. Under the control of thefirst control line G2, the input control circuitry 112 may control thephotoelectric signal read line RL to be electrically disconnected fromthe second end of the energy storage circuitry 111. Under the control ofthe third control line G4, the discharging control circuitry 114 maycontrol the second end of the energy storage circuitry 111 to beelectrically disconnected tom the second voltage end. Under the controlof the second control line G3, the reset control circuitry 113 maycontrol the first end of the energy storage circuitry 111 to beelectrically connected to the first voltage end, so as to enable thevoltage applied to the second end of the energy storage circuitry 111 tobe the photoelectric signal. The detection voltage circuitry 115 maydetect the photoelectric signal.

Within the resetting time period of the corresponding line scanningstage, under the control of the second control line G3, the resetcontrol circuitry 113 may control the first end of the energy storagecircuitry 111 to be electrically disconnected from the first voltageend. Under the control of the reference control line GREF, the virtualswitching control sub-circuitry 621 may control the output end of thevirtual photoelectric detection sub-circuitry 622 to be electricallyconnected to the reference line REFL, so as to reset a potential at theoutput end of the virtual photoelectric detection sub-circuitry 622.Under the control of the first control line G2, the input controlcircuitry 112 may be control the photoelectric signal read line RL to beelectrically connected to the second end of the energy storage circuitry111. Under the control of the third control line G4, the dischargingcontrol circuitry 114 may control the second end of the energy storagecircuitry 111 to be electrically connected to the second voltage end, soas to discharge the energy storage circuitry, and reset a potential atthe output end of the photoelectric detection sub-circuitry 102 throughthe photoelectric signal read line RL.

A relationship between the noise simulation circuitry and the pixelcircuit will be described hereinafter in conjunction with the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 7, the pixel circuits may be arranged in six rows andsix columns at the display region of the display panel, and each pixelcircuit may include the pixel sub-circuitry and the optical detectionsub-circuitry. The pixel circuits in a first row are connected to afirst gate line GATE1 in the first row, the pixel circuits in a secondrow are connected to a second gate line GATE2 in the second row, thepixel circuits in a third row are connected to a third gate line GATE1in the third row, the pixel circuits in a fourth row are connected to afourth gate line GATE4 in the fourth row, the pixel circuits in a fifthrow are connected to a fifth gate line GATE5 in the fifth row, and thepixel circuits in a sixth row are connected to a sixth gate line GATE6in the sixth row. The pixel circuits in a first column are connected toa first data line DATA1 in the first column, the pixel circuits in asecond column are connected to a second data line DATA2 in the secondcolumn, the pixel circuits in a third column are connected to a thirddata line DATA3 in the third column, the pixel circuits in a fourthcolumn are connected to a fourth data line DATA4 in the fourth column,the pixel circuits in a fifth column are connected to a fifth data lineDATA5 in the fifth column, and the pixel circuits in a sixth column areconnected to a sixth data line DATA6 in the sixth column.

In FIG. 7, P11 represents the pixel circuit in the first row and thefirst column, P12 represents the pixel circuit in the first row and thesecond column, P13 represents the pixel circuit in the first row and thethird column, P14 represents the pixel circuit in the first row and thefourth column, P15 represents the pixel circuit in the first row and thefifth column, and P16 represents the pixel circuit in the first row andthe sixth column. P21 represents the pixel circuit in the second row andthe first column, P22 represents the pixel circuit in the second row andthe second column, P23 represents the pixel circuit in the second rowand the third column, P24 represents the pixel circuit in the second rowand the fourth column, P25 represents the pixel circuit in the secondrow and the fifth column, and P26 represents the pixel circuit in thesecond row and the sixth column. P31 represents the pixel circuit in thethird row and the first column, P32 represents the pixel circuit in thethird row and the second column, P33 represents the pixel circuit in thethird row and the third column, P34 represents the pixel circuit in thethird row and the fourth column, P35 represents the pixel circuit in thethird row and the fifth column, and P36 represents the pixel circuit inthe third row and the sixth column. P41 represents the pixel circuit inthe fourth row and the first column, P42 represents the pixel circuit inthe fourth row and the second column, P43 represents the pixel circuitin the fourth row and the third column, P44 represents the pixel circuitin the fourth row and the fourth column, P45 represents the pixelcircuit in the fourth row and the fifth column, and P46 represents thepixel circuit in the fourth row and the sixth column. P51 represents thepixel circuit in the fifth row and the first column, P52 represents thepixel circuit in the fifth row and the second column, P53 represents thepixel circuit in the fifth row and the third column, P54 represents thepixel circuit in the fifth row and the fourth column, P55 represents thepixel circuit in the fifth row and the fifth column, and P56 representsthe pixel circuit in the fifth row and the sixth column. P61 representsthe pixel circuit in the sixth row and the first column, P62 representsthe pixel circuit in the sixth row and the second column, P63 representsthe pixel circuit in the sixth row and the third column, P64 representsthe pixel circuit in the sixth row and the fourth column, P65 representsthe pixel circuit in the sixth row and the fifth column, and P66represents the pixel circuit in the sixth row and the sixth column.

Six noise simulation circuitries, i.e., a first noise simulationcircuitry S1, a second noise simulation circuitry S2, a third noisesimulation circuitry S3, a fourth noise simulation circuitry S4, a fifthnoise simulation circuitry S5 and a sixth noise simulation circuitry S6,may be arranged at the peripheral region of the display panel.

The first noise simulation circuitry S1 may correspond to the pixelcircuits in the first column, the second noise simulation circuitry S2may correspond to the pixel circuits in the second column, the thirdnoise simulation circuitry S3 may correspond to the pixel circuits inthe third column, the fourth noise simulation circuitry S4 maycorrespond to the pixel circuits in the fourth column, the fifth noisesimulation circuitry S5 may correspond to the pixel circuits in thefifth column, and the sixth noise simulation circuitry S6 may correspondto the pixel circuits in the sixth column.

The first noise simulation circuitry S1 may include a first virtualpixel sub-circuitry S11 and a first virtual optical detectionsub-circuitry S12. A data write-in end of the first virtual pixelsub-circuitry S11 may be connected to DATA1, and a scanning control endof the first virtual pixel sub-circuitry S11 may be connected to a firstvirtual scanning line GV1.

The second noise simulation circuitry S2 may include a second virtualpixel sub-circuitry S21 and a second virtual optical detectionsub-circuitry S22. A data write-in end of the second virtual pixelsub-circuitry S21 may be connected to DATA2, and a scanning control endof the second virtual pixel sub-circuitry S21 may be connected to asecond virtual scanning line GV2.

The third noise simulation circuitry S3 may include a third virtualpixel sub-circuitry S31 and a third virtual optical detectionsub-circuitry S32. A data write-in end of the third virtual pixelsub-circuitry S31 may be connected to DATA3, and a scanning control endof the third virtual pixel sub-circuitry S31 may be connected to a thirdvirtual scanning line GV3.

The fourth noise simulation circuitry S4 may include a fourth virtualpixel sub-circuitry S41 and a fourth virtual optical detectionsub-circuitry S42. A data write-in end of the fourth virtual pixelsub-circuitry S41 may be connected to DATA4, and a scanning control endof the fourth virtual pixel sub-circuitry S41 may be connected to afourth virtual scanning line GV4.

The fifth noise simulation circuitry S5 may include a fifth virtualpixel sub-circuitry S51 and a fifth virtual optical detectionsub-circuitry S52. A data write-in end of the fifth virtual pixelsub-circuitry S51 may be connected to DATA5, and a scanning control endof the fifth virtual pixel sub-circuitry S51 may be connected to a fifthvirtual scanning line GV5.

The sixth noise simulation circuitry S6 may include a sixth virtualpixel sub-circuitry S61 and a sixth virtual optical detectionsub-circuitry S62. A data write-in end of the sixth virtual pixelsub-circuitry S61 may be connected to DATA6, and a scanning control endof the sixth virtual pixel sub-circuitry S61 may be connected to a sixthvirtual scanning line GV5.

The optical signal noise reduction circuit of an embodiment of thepresent disclosure will be described hereinafter in more details.

As shown in FIG. 8, the optical signal noise reduction circuit mayinclude the reference line REFL, the photoelectric signal read line RL,the comparison detection circuitry 11, the noise simulation circuitry,the light-shielding member (not shown in FIG. 8), the virtual scanningline GV and the reference control line GREF. The reference line REFL maybe arranged at the peripheral region of the display panel. The noisesimulation circuitry, the light-shielding member (not shown in FIG. 8),the virtual scanning line GV and the reference control line GREF may bearranged at the peripheral region of the display panel.

The comparison detection circuitry 11 may include the energy storagecircuitry 111, the input control circuitry 112, the reset controlcircuitry 113, the discharging control circuitry 114 and the voltagedetection circuitry 115. The energy storage circuitry 111 may include astorage capacitor Cst, a first end of which is connected to thereference line REFL.

The input control circuitry 112 may include a third transistor T3, agate electrode of which is connected to the first control line G2, adrain electrode of which is connected to the photoelectric signal readline RL, and a source electrode of which is connected to a second end Bof the storage capacitor Cst.

The reset control circuitry 113 may include a reset control transistorTc, a gate electrode of which is connected to the second control lineG3, a drain electrode of which is connected to the first end A of thestorage capacitor Cst, and a source electrode of which is connected tothe low voltage end ELVSS.

The discharging control circuitry 114 may include a discharging controltransistor Td, a gate electrode of which is connected to the thirdcontrol line G4, a drain electrode of which is connected to the secondend B of the storage capacitor Cst, and a source electrode of which isconnected to the low voltage end ELVSS.

The voltage detection circuitry 115 may include a source followertransistor Te, a current source IS, and a voltage detectionsub-circuitry 1150. A gate electrode of the source follower transistorTe may be connected to the second end B of the storage capacitor Cst, adrain electrode of the source follower transistor Te may be connected tothe high voltage end ELVDD, and a source electrode of the sourcefollower transistor Te may be connected to the output node C. A firstend of the current source IS may be connected to the output node C, anda second end of the current source IS may be connected to the lowvoltage end ELVSS. The current source IS is configured to provide a biascurrent flowing from the output node C to the low voltage end ELVSS. Thevoltage detection sub-circuitry 1150 may be connected to the output nodeC, and configured to detect a potential at the output node C and acquirethe photoelectric signal in accordance with the potential at the outputnode C.

The noise simulation circuitry may include a virtual pixel sub-circuitry61 and a virtual optical detection sub-circuitry. The virtual opticaldetection sub-circuitry may include a virtual switching controlsub-circuitry 621 and a virtual photoelectric detection sub-circuitry622. The virtual pixel sub-circuitry 61 may include a virtual datawrite-in sub-circuitry 611, a virtual driving sub-circuitry 612, and avirtual light-emitting element (i.e., a virtual organic light-emittingdiode OLEDV).

The virtual data write-in sub-circuitry 611 may include a virtual datawrite-in transistor TV1, and the virtual driving sub-circuitry 612 mayinclude a virtual driving transistor TV2. A gate electrode of thevirtual data write-in transistor TV1 may be connected to the virtualscanning line GV, a drain electrode of the virtual data write-intransistor TV1 may be connected to the data line DATA, and a sourceelectrode of the virtual data write-in transistor TV1 may be connectedto a gate electrode of TV2. A drain electrode of the virtual drivingtransistor TV2 may be connected to the high voltage end EVLDD, a sourceelectrode of the virtual driving transistor TV2 may be connected to ananode of the virtual organic light-emitting diode OLEDV, and a cathodeof the virtual organic light-emitting diode OLEVD may be connected tothe low voltage end ELVSS.

The virtual photoelectric detection sub-circuitry 622 may include avirtual photodiode PDV, an anode of which is connected to the lowvoltage end ELVSS. The virtual switching control sub-circuitry 621 mayinclude a virtual switching control transistor TCV, a gate electrode ofwhich is connected to the control reference line GREF, a drain electrodeof which is connected to a cathode of the virtual photodiode PDV, and asource electrode of which is connected to the reference line REFL. Thelight-shielding member (not shown in FIG. 8) is further configured toshield the virtual photodiode PDV, to prevent the virtual photodiode PDVfrom receiving the optical signal.

In the embodiment of FIG. 8, all the transistors may be n-typetransistors. However, in actual use, the transistors may alternately bep-type transistors, i.e., the types of the transistors will not beparticularly defined herein.

In the embodiment of FIG. 8, a waveform of a reference control signal onGREF may be the same as a waveform of a first control signal on G2. Thevirtual scanning signal on GV may be the same as the gate driving signalon the gate line which is currently being scanned. For example, when thefirst gate line in the first row is being scanned (i.e., a first gatedriving signal is applied to the first gate line in the first row toturn on the first gate line in the first row), the virtual scanningsignal on GV may be the same as the first gate driving signal on thefirst gate line in the first row (the virtual scanning signal may alsohave a rising edge from a low level to a high level and a falling edgefrom a high level to a low level); when the second gate line in thesecond row is being scanned (i.e., a second gate driving scanning signalis applied to the second gate line in the second row to turn on thesecond gate line in the second row), the virtual scanning signal on GVmay be the same as the second gate driving signal on the second gateline in the second row (the virtual scanning signal may also have arising edge from a low level to a high level and a falling edge from ahigh level to a low level), and so on.

In the embodiment of FIG. 8, when Te is in the saturation state,ΔVs=(gm×Ro)×ΔVg/(1+gm×Ro), where Ro represents an equivalent resistancevalue of the current source IS, gm represents a transconductance of thesource follower transistor Te, ΔVs represents a change in a voltageapplied to the source electrode of Te, and ΔVg represents a change in avoltage applied to the gate electrode of Te. When gm×Ro is sufficientlylarge, ΔVs may be approximately equal to ΔVg. Based on the aboveequation, a following coefficient sg of the source follower transistorsTe may be equal to (gm×Ro)×/(1+gm×Ro).

In the embodiment of FIG. 8, gm and Ro may each be provided with asufficiently large value, so as to enable sg to be approximately equalto 1, and enable ΔVs to be approximately equal to ΔVg. The bias currentis supplied for the operation of the source follower transistor Te.

As shown in FIG. 9, during the operation of the optical signal noisereduction circuit in FIG. 8, the corresponding line scanning stage mayinclude an input time period S1, a detection time period S2 and aresetting time period S3 arranged sequentially in that order.

Within the input time period S1 of the corresponding line scanningstage, GATE may output a high level, GV may output a high level, andOLED may start to emit light. PD may sense an optical signal from OLED,and convert the optical signal into a photoelectric signal. G2 mayoutput a high level, GREF may output a high level, G3 may output a lowlevel, and G4 may output a low level, so as to turn on TCV and T3, andturn off Tc and Td. Cst may be charged through the noise current signalon REFL and the photo current signal including the noise current signalon RL. At this time, a voltage applied to the first end A of Cst may bea noise voltage, and a voltage applied to the second end B of Cst mayinclude a noise voltage and a photo voltage. Hence, a difference betweenthe voltage applied to the second end B of Cst and the voltage appliedto the first end A of Cst may be just the photo voltage. Within theinput time period S1, Te may operate in the saturation state.

Within the detection time period S2 of the corresponding line scanningstage, GATE may output a high level, and a value of a low voltageapplied by ELVSS may be 0. G2 and GREF may each output a low voltage, G3may output a high voltage, and G4 may output a low voltage, so as toturn off TCV, T3 and Td, and turn on Tc, so the voltage applied to thefirst end A of Cst may be 0. A difference between the voltages appliedto two ends of Cst cannot change suddenly, so the voltage applied to thesecond end B of Cst may be just the photo voltage. At this time, Te mayoperate in the saturation stage. The voltage detection circuitry 115 maydetect a voltage Vs applied to the source electrode of Te, and subtractan initial source voltage (i.e., a voltage applied to the sourceelectrode of Te detected by the voltage detection circuitry 115 beforeS1 (i.e., at a moment immediately before S1)) from Vs, so as to acquirea voltage difference as the photo voltage.

Within the resetting time period S3 of the corresponding line scanningstage, GATE may output a high level, and GREF, G2, G3 and G4 may eachoutput a high level, so as to turn on TCV, T3, Tc, Td and TC, thereby toreset the voltages applied to the first end A and the second end B ofCst, a voltage across REFL, a voltage across RL, a voltage applied tothe cathode of PD, and a voltage applied to the cathode of PDV.

The present disclosure further provides in some embodiments an opticalsignal noise reduction method for the above-mentioned optical signalnoise reduction circuit, which includes, at the corresponding linescanning stage, turning on the corresponding gate line connected thepixel circuit, and enabling the comparison detection circuitry toacquire the photoelectric signal in accordance with the electric signalon the photoelectric signal read line in the corresponding column andthe electric signal on the reference line.

To be specific, the reference line and the photoelectric signal readline may be arranged at the display region of the display panel, thereference line may extend in a same direction as the photoelectricsignal read line, and a distance between the reference line and thephotoelectric signal read line may be smaller than a predetermineddistance. The comparison detection circuitry may include an energystorage circuitry, an input control circuitry, a reset controlcircuitry, a discharging control circuitry and a voltage detectioncircuitry. The corresponding line scanning stage may include an inputtime period and a detection time period arranged one after another. Theoptical signal noise reduction method may include: within the input timeperiod of the corresponding line scanning stage, controlling, by theinput control circuitry, the reference line to be electrically connectedto a first end of the energy storage circuitry and controlling, by theinput control circuitry, the photoelectric signal read line to beelectrically connected to a second end of the energy storage circuitryunder the control of a first control line, so as to charge the energystorage circuitry through the second electric signal on the referenceline and the first electric signal on the photoelectric signal readline, thereby to enable a difference between a voltage applied to thesecond end of the energy storage circuitry and a voltage applied to thefirst end of the energy storage circuitry to be a photoelectric signal;and controlling, by the reset control circuitry, the first end of theenergy storage circuitry to be electrically disconnected from a firstvoltage end under the control of a second control line; and within thedetection time period of the corresponding line scanning stage,detecting, by the voltage detection circuitry, the photoelectric signal,controlling, by the input control circuitry, the reference line to beelectrically disconnected from the first end of the energy storagecircuitry and controlling, by the input control circuitry, thephotoelectric signal read line to be electrically disconnected from thesecond end of the energy storage circuitry under the control of thefirst control line; controlling, by the reset control circuitry, thefirst end of the energy storage circuitry to be electrically connectedto the first voltage end under the control of the second control line,and controlling, by the discharging control circuitry, the second end ofthe energy storage circuitry to be electrically connected to a secondvoltage end under the control of a third control line.

The present disclosure further provides in some embodiments a displaypanel, including pixel circuits arranged in N columns and N opticalsignal noise reduction circuits each corresponding to the pixel circuitsin a respective one column, where N is a positive integer greater than1, and n is a positive integer smaller than or equal to N. The pixelcircuits may be arranged at a display region of the display panel. Acomparison detection circuitry of the optical signal noise reductioncircuit may be arranged a peripheral region of the display panelsurrounding the display region of the display panel. A reference lineand a photoelectric signal read line of the optical signal noisereduction circuit may be arranged at the display region, the referenceline may extend in a same direction as the photoelectric signal readline, and a distance between the reference line and the photoelectricsignal read line may be smaller than a predetermined distance; or thereference line may be arranged at the peripheral region of the displaypanel, the optical signal noise reduction circuit may further include anoise simulation circuitry, a light-shielding member, a virtual scanningline and a reference control line arranged at the peripheral region, andthe noise simulation circuitry may be of a same structure as the pixelcircuit.

The above embodiments are merely optional embodiments of the presentdisclosure. It should be appreciated that, a person skilled in the artmay make further modifications and improvements without departing fromthe spirit of the present disclosure, and these modifications andimprovements shall also fall within the scope of the present disclosure.

1. An optical signal noise reduction circuit, comprising a referenceline, a comparison detection circuitry and a photoelectric signal readline, wherein a first electric signal on the photoelectric signal readline comprises a noise electric signal and a photoelectric signal; thereference line is configured to sense the noise electric signal on thephotoelectric signal read line, to generate a corresponding secondelectric signal on the reference line; and the comparison detectioncircuitry is connected to the reference line and the photoelectricsignal read line, and configured to acquire the photoelectric signal inaccordance with the first electric signal on the photoelectric signalread line and the second electric signal on the reference line.
 2. Theoptical signal noise reduction circuit according to claim 1, wherein thereference line and the photoelectric signal read line are arranged at adisplay region of a display panel, an extension direction of thereference line is same as an extension direction of the photoelectricsignal read line, and a distance between the reference line and thephotoelectric signal read line is smaller than a predetermined distance.3. The optical signal noise reduction circuit according to claim 2,wherein the predetermined distance is smaller than 5 μm.
 4. The opticalsignal noise reduction circuit according to claim 2, wherein thecomparison detection circuitry comprises an energy storage circuitry, aninput control circuitry, a reset control circuitry, a dischargingcontrol circuitry and a voltage detection circuitry; the input controlcircuitry is connected to a first control line, the reference line, thephotoelectric signal read line, a first end of the energy storagecircuitry and a second end of the energy storage circuitry, andconfigured to, under the control of the first control line, control thereference line to be electrically connected to, or electricallydisconnected from, the first end of the energy storage circuitry, andcontrol the photoelectric signal read line to be electrically connectedto, or electrically disconnected from, the second end of the energystorage circuitry; the reset control circuitry is connected to a secondcontrol line, the first end of the energy storage circuitry and a firstvoltage end, and configured to, under the control of the second controlline, control the first end of the energy storage circuitry to beelectrically connected to, or electrically disconnected from, the firstvoltage end; the discharging control circuitry is connected to a thirdcontrol line, the second end of the energy storage circuitry and asecond voltage end, and configured to, under the control of the thirdcontrol line, control the second end of the energy storage circuitry tobe electrically connected to, or electrically disconnected from, thesecond voltage end; and the voltage detection circuitry is connected tothe second end of the energy storage circuitry, and configured to detecta voltage applied to the second end of the energy storage circuitry andacquire the photoelectric signal in accordance with the voltage appliedto the second end of the energy storage circuitry.
 5. The optical signalnoise reduction circuit according to claim 4, wherein the energy storagecircuitry comprises a storage capacitor; the input control circuitrycomprises a first transistor and a second transistor; a gate electrodeof the first transistor is connected to the first control line, a firstelectrode of the first transistor is connected to the reference line,and a second electrode of the first transistor is connected to a firstend of the storage capacitor; and a gate electrode of the secondtransistor is connected to the first control line, a first electrode ofthe second transistor is connected to the photoelectric signal readline, and a second electrode of the second transistor is connected to asecond end of the storage capacitor.
 6. The optical signal noisereduction circuit according to claim 1, wherein the photoelectric signalread line is arranged at a display region of a display panel, thereference line is arranged in such a manner as to surround a peripheralregion of the display region, and the optical signal noise reductioncircuit further comprises a noise simulation circuitry, alight-shielding member, a virtual scanning line and a reference controlline arranged at the peripheral region; the noise simulation circuitrycomprises a virtual pixel sub-circuitry and a virtual optical detectionsub-circuitry; a data write-in end of the virtual pixel sub-circuitry isconnected to a data line in a corresponding column, and a scanningcontrol end of the virtual pixel sub-circuitry is connected to thevirtual scanning line; the virtual optical detection sub-circuitrycomprises a virtual switching control sub-circuitry and a virtualphotoelectric detection sub-circuitry; the light-shielding member isconfigured to prevent the virtual photoelectric detection sub-circuitryfrom receiving the optical signal; and a control end of the virtualswitching control sub-circuitry is connected to the reference controlline, a first end of the virtual switching control sub-circuitry isconnected to an output end of the virtual photoelectric detectionsub-circuitry, and a second end of the virtual switching controlsub-circuitry is connected to the reference line.
 7. The optical signalnoise reduction circuit according to claim 6, wherein a gate drivingsignal on a gate line is used to apply a virtual scanning signal to thevirtual scanning line.
 8. The optical signal noise reduction circuitaccording to claim 6, wherein the comparison detection circuitrycomprises an energy storage circuitry, an input control circuitry, areset control circuitry, a discharging control circuitry and a voltagedetection circuitry; the reference line is connected to a first end ofthe energy storage circuitry; the input control circuitry is connectedto a first control line, the photoelectric signal read line, and asecond end of the energy storage circuitry, and configured to, under thecontrol of the first control line, control the photoelectric signal readline to be electrically connected to, or electrically disconnected from,the second end of the energy storage circuitry; the reset controlcircuitry is connected to a second control line, the first end of theenergy storage circuitry and a first voltage end, and configured to,under the control of the second control line, control the first end ofthe energy storage circuitry to be electrically connected to, orelectrically disconnected from, the first voltage end; the dischargingcontrol circuitry is connected to a third control line, the second endof the energy storage circuitry and a second voltage end, and configuredto, under the control of the third control line, control the second endof the energy storage circuitry to be electrically connected to, orelectrically disconnected from, the second voltage end; and the voltagedetection circuitry is connected to the second end of the energy storagecircuitry, and configured to detect a voltage applied to the second endof the energy storage circuitry, and acquire the photoelectric signal inaccordance with the voltage applied to the second end of the energystorage circuitry.
 9. The optical signal noise reduction circuitaccording to claim 8, wherein the energy storage circuitry comprises astorage capacitor; a first end of the storage capacitor is connected tothe reference line; the input control circuitry comprises a thirdtransistor; a gate electrode of the third transistor is connected to thefirst control line, a first electrode of the third transistor isconnected to the photoelectric signal read line, and a second electrodeof the third transistor is connected to a second end of the storagecapacitor.
 10. The optical signal noise reduction circuit according toclaim 5, wherein the reset control circuitry comprises a reset controltransistor, a gate electrode of the reset control transistor isconnected to the second control line, a first electrode of the resetcontrol transistor is connected to the first end of the storagecapacitor, and a second electrode of the reset control transistor isconnected to the first voltage end; and the discharging controlcircuitry comprises a discharging control transistor, a gate electrodeof the discharging control transistor is connected to the third controlline, a first electrode of the discharging control transistor isconnected to the second end of the storage capacitor, and a secondelectrode of the discharging control transistor is connected to thesecond voltage end.
 11. The optical signal noise reduction circuitaccording to claim 5, wherein the voltage detection circuitry comprisesa source follower transistor, a current source and a voltage detectionsub-circuitry; a gate electrode of the source follower transistor isconnected to the second end of the storage capacitor, a first electrodeof the source follower transistor is connected to a third voltage end,and a second electrode of the source follower transistor is connected toan output node; a first end of the current source is connected to theoutput node, a second end of the current source is connected to a fourthvoltage end, and the current source is configured to supply a biascurrent flowing from the output node to the fourth voltage end; and thevoltage detection sub-circuitry is connected to the output node, andconfigured to detect a potential at the output node and acquire thephotoelectric signal in accordance with the potential at the outputnode.
 12. The optical signal noise reduction circuit according to claim6, wherein the virtual pixel sub-circuitry comprises a virtual datawrite-in sub-circuitry, a virtual driving sub-circuitry and a virtuallight-emitting element; a control end of the virtual data write-insub-circuitry is the scanning control end of the virtual pixelsub-circuitry, a first end of the virtual data write-in sub-circuitry isthe data write-in end of the virtual pixel sub-circuitry, and a secondend of the virtual data write-in sub-circuitry is a control end of thevirtual driving sub-circuitry; the virtual data write-in sub-circuitryis configured to, under the control of the virtual scanning line,control the data line in the corresponding column to be electricallyconnected to, or electrically disconnected from, the control end of thevirtual driving sub-circuitry; and a first end of the virtual drivingsub-circuitry is connected to a high voltage end, a second end of thevirtual driving sub-circuitry is connected to a first electrode of thevirtual light-emitting element, and a second electrode of the virtuallight-emitting element is connected to a low voltage end.
 13. Theoptical signal noise reduction circuit according to claim 2, wherein thecomparison detection circuitry comprises an energy storage circuitry, aninput control circuitry, a reset control circuitry, a dischargingcontrol circuitry and a voltage detection circuitry; the input controlcircuitry is directly connected to a first control line, the referenceline, the photoelectric signal read line, a first end of the energystorage circuitry and a second end of the energy storage circuitry, andconfigured to, under the control of the first control line, control thereference line to be electrically connected to, or electricallydisconnected from, the first end of the energy storage circuitry, andcontrol the photoelectric signal read line to be electrically connectedto, or electrically disconnected from, the second end of the energystorage circuitry; the reset control circuitry is directly connected toa second control line, the first end of the energy storage circuitry anda first voltage end, and configured to, under the control of the secondcontrol line, control the first end of the energy storage circuitry tobe electrically connected to, or electrically disconnected from, thefirst voltage end; the discharging control circuitry is directlyconnected to a third control line, the second end of the energy storagecircuitry and a second voltage end, and configured to, under the controlof the third control line, control the second end of the energy storagecircuitry to be electrically connected to, or electrically disconnectedfrom, the second voltage end; and the voltage detection circuitry isdirectly connected to the second end of the energy storage circuitry,and configured to detect a voltage applied to the second end of theenergy storage circuitry and acquire the photoelectric signal inaccordance with the voltage applied to the second end of the energystorage circuitry.
 14. The optical signal noise reduction circuitaccording to claim 13, wherein the energy storage circuitry comprises astorage capacitor; the input control circuitry comprises a firsttransistor and a second transistor; a gate electrode of the firsttransistor is directly connected to the first control line, a firstelectrode of the first transistor is directly connected to the referenceline, and a second electrode of the first transistor is directlyconnected to a first end of the storage capacitor; and a gate electrodeof the second transistor is directly connected to the first controlline, a first electrode of the second transistor is directly connectedto the photoelectric signal read line, and a second electrode of thesecond transistor is directly connected to a second end of the storagecapacitor.
 15. The optical signal noise reduction circuit according toclaim 1, wherein the photoelectric signal read line is arranged at adisplay region of a display panel, the reference line is arranged insuch a manner as to surround a peripheral region of the display region,and the optical signal noise reduction circuit further comprises a noisesimulation circuitry, a light-shielding member, a virtual scanning lineand a reference control line arranged at the peripheral region; thenoise simulation circuitry comprises a virtual pixel sub-circuitry and avirtual optical detection sub-circuitry; a data write-in end of thevirtual pixel sub-circuitry is directly connected to a data line in acorresponding column, and a scanning control end of the virtual pixelsub-circuitry is directly connected to the virtual scanning line; thevirtual optical detection sub-circuitry comprises a virtual switchingcontrol sub-circuitry and a virtual photoelectric detectionsub-circuitry; the light-shielding member is configured to prevent thevirtual photoelectric detection sub-circuitry from receiving the opticalsignal; and a control end of the virtual switching control sub-circuitryis directly connected to the reference control line, a first end of thevirtual switching control sub-circuitry is directly connected to anoutput end of the virtual photoelectric detection sub-circuitry, and asecond end of the virtual switching control sub-circuitry is directlyconnected to the reference line.
 16. The optical signal noise reductioncircuit according to claim 15, wherein the comparison detectioncircuitry comprises an energy storage circuitry, an input controlcircuitry, a reset control circuitry, a discharging control circuitry ada voltage detection circuitry; the reference line is directly connectedto a first end of the energy storage circuitry; the input controlcircuitry is directly connected to a first control line, thephotoelectric signal read line and a second end of the energy storagecircuitry, and configured to, under the control of the first controlline, control the photoelectric signal read line to be electricallyconnected to, or electrically disconnected from, the second end of theenergy storage circuitry; the reset control circuitry is directlyconnected to a second control line, the first end of the energy storagecircuitry and a first voltage end, and configured to, under the controlof the second control line, control the first end of the energy storagecircuitry to be electrically connected to, or electrically disconnectedfrom, the first voltage end; the discharging control circuitry isdirectly connected to a third control line, the second end of the energystorage circuitry and a second voltage end, and configured to, under thecontrol of the third control line, control the second end of the energystorage circuitry to be electrically connected to, or electricallydisconnected from, the second voltage end; and the voltage detectioncircuitry is directly connected to the second end of the energy storagecircuitry, and configured to detect a voltage applied to the second endof the energy storage circuitry and acquire the photoelectric signal inaccordance with the voltage applied to the second end of the energystorage circuitry.
 17. The optical signal noise reduction circuitaccording to claim 16, wherein the energy storage circuitry comprises astorage capacitor; a first end of the storage capacitor is directlyconnected to the reference line; the input control circuitry comprises athird transistor; a gate electrode of the third transistor is directlyconnected to the first control line, a first electrode of the thirdtransistor is directly connected to the photoelectric signal read line,and a second electrode of the third transistor is directly connected toa second end of the storage capacitor.
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 21. An optical signal noise reduction method for the opticalsignal noise reduction circuit according to claim 1, wherein the opticalsignal noise reduction method comprises: at a corresponding linescanning stage, turning on a gate line being in a corresponding row andconnected to a pixel circuit, and enabling a comparison detectioncircuitry to acquire a photoelectric signal in accordance with a firstelectric signal on a photoelectric signal read line in a correspondingrow and a second electric signal on a reference line.
 22. The opticalsignal noise reduction method according to claim 21, wherein thereference line and the photoelectric signal read line are arranged at adisplay region of a display panel, an extension direction of thereference line is same as an extension direction of the photoelectricsignal read line, and a distance between the reference line and thephotoelectric signal read line is smaller than a predetermined distance;the comparison detection circuitry comprises an energy storagecircuitry, an input control circuitry, a reset control circuitry, adischarging control circuitry and a voltage detection circuitry; thecorresponding line scanning stage comprises an input time period and adetection time period arranged one after another in that order, whereinthe optical signal noise reduction method comprises: within the inputtime period of the corresponding line scanning stage, controlling, bythe input control circuitry, the reference line to be electricallyconnected to a first end of the energy storage circuitry andcontrolling, by the input control circuitry, the photoelectric signalread line to be electrically connected to a second end of the energystorage circuitry under the control of a first control line, to chargethe energy storage circuitry through the second electric signal on thereference line and the first electric signal on the photoelectric signalread line, thereby to enable a difference between a voltage applied tothe second end of the energy storage circuitry and a voltage applied tothe first end of the energy storage circuitry to be a photoelectricsignal; and controlling, by the reset control circuitry, the first endof the energy storage circuitry to be electrically disconnected from afirst voltage end under the control of a second control line; and withinthe detection time period of the corresponding line scanning stage,detecting, by the voltage detection circuitry, the photoelectric signal;controlling, by the input control circuitry, the reference line to beelectrically disconnected from the first end of the energy storagecircuitry and controlling, by the input control circuitry, thephotoelectric signal read line to be electrically disconnected from thesecond end of the energy storage circuitry under the control of thefirst control line; controlling, by the reset control circuitry, thefirst end of the energy storage circuitry to be electrically connectedto the first voltage end under the control of the second control line;and controlling, by the discharging control circuitry, the second end ofthe energy storage circuitry to be electrically connected to a secondvoltage end under the control of a third control line.
 23. A displaypanel, comprising pixel circuits arranged in N columns and N opticalsignal noise reduction circuits each according to claim 1, wherein eachof the N optical signal noise reduction circuits corresponds to thepixel circuits in one column; N is a positive integer greater than 1,and n is a positive integer smaller than or equal to N; the pixelcircuit is arranged at a display region of the display panel; acomparison detection circuitry comprised in the optical signal noisereduction circuit is arranged a peripheral region of the display panel,and the peripheral region surrounds the display region; wherein areference line and a photoelectric signal read line comprised in theoptical signal noise reduction circuit are arranged at the displayregion, an extension direction of the reference line is same as anextension direction of the photoelectric signal read line, and adistance between the reference line and the photoelectric signal readline is smaller than a predetermined distance; or the reference line isarranged at the peripheral region, the optical signal noise reductioncircuit further comprises a noise simulation circuitry, alight-shielding member, a virtual scanning line and a reference controlline arranged at the peripheral region, and a structure of the noisesimulation circuitry is same as a structure of the pixel circuit.